The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so (for example) the 1979 awards were given at the 1980

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. The Origins Award is commonly referred to as a Calliope, as the statuette is in the likeness of the

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of the same name. Academy members frequently shorten this name to "Callie".

History

Originally, the ''

Charles S. Roberts Award The Charles S. Roberts Awards (or CSR Awards) is an annual award for excellence in the historical wargaming hobby. It was named in honor of Charles S. Roberts the "Father of Wargaming" who founded Avalon Hill. The award is informally called a "C ...

s'' and the Origins Awards were one and the same. Starting with the 1987 awards, the Charles S. Roberts were given separately, and they moved away from

entirely in 2000, leaving the Origins Awards as a completely separate system. In 1978, the awards also hosted the 1977 '' H. G. Wells awards'' for

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s and miniature wargaming.

Hall of Fame

Members

* Aaron Allston * Dave Arneson *

Richard Berg Richard Harvey Berg (1943 – July 26, 2019) was a prolific American wargame designer. He was inducted into the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame in 1987. Early life, army, student and lawyer Richard Berg was born in New York City. ...

* Jolly R. Blackburn * Larry Bond * Gerald Brom * Darwin Bromley *

Bob Charrette Robert N. Charrette (born 1953) is an American graphic artist, game designer, sculptor and author. Charrette has authored more than a dozen novels. His gaming materials have received many Origins Awards. Charrette was inducted in the Origins Hall o ...

* Frank Chadwick * Vlaada Chvátil * Loren Coleman * Greg Costikyan * Liz Danforth *

James F. Dunnigan James F. Dunnigan (born 8 August 1943) is an author, military-political analyst, Defense and State Department consultant, and wargame designer currently living in New York City. Career Dunnigan was born in Rockland County, New York. After high s ...

Larry Elmore Larry Elmore (born August 5, 1948) is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines, and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Dragonlance'', ...

* Mike Elliott * Don Featherstone * Nigel Findley * Richard Garfield * Don Greenwood *

Ed Greenwood Ed Greenwood (born July 21, 1959) is a Canadian fantasy writer and the original creator of the '' Forgotten Realms'' game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for '' Dragon'' magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently so ...

Julie Guthrie Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * ''Julie'' (1975 film), a Hindi film by K. S. Sethumadhav ...

* E. Gary Gygax * Tracy Hickman * John Hill *

David Isby David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

Steve Jackson (US) Steve Jackson (born c. 1953) is an American game designer whose creations include the role-playing game ''GURPS'' and the card game ''Munchkin''. Education Steve Jackson is a 1974 graduate of Rice University, where he was a resident of Bake ...

Jennell Jaquays Jennell Jaquays (born Paul Jaquays, October 14, 1956) is an American game designer, video game artist, and illustrator of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs). Her notable works include the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' modules '' Dark Tower'' and '' Ca ...

* Reiner Knizia * Wolfgang Kramer * Eric M. Lang *

Rick Loomis Rick Loomis (August 24, 1946 – August 23, 2019) was an American game designer, most notable as the founder of game publisher Flying Buffalo, which he managed until his death. Career Early years Richard F. Loomis was born and raised in Scotts ...

* Rodger MacGowan *

Tom Meier Tom Meier is a sculptor, a founding partner of Ral Partha Enterprises, and the winner of numerous awards for the design and sculpture of historical, fantasy and science fiction gaming miniatures. Meier began sculpting professionally at the age of ...

* Marc Miller *

Dennis Mize Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius. The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is some ...

Alan R. Moon Alan R. Moon (born 18 November 1951) is an author of board games, born in Southampton, England. He is generally considered to be one of the foremost designers of German-style board games. Many of his games can be seen as board game variations o ...

* Sandy Petersen * Michael Pondsmith * Alex Randolph * Charles Roberts * Sid Sackson *

Duke Seifried Bruce "Duke" Seifried (August 19, 1935 in Janesville, Wisconsin - September 29, 2018) was a maker of Miniature models A scale model is a physical model which is geometrically similar to an object (known as the prototype). Scale models a ...

* Tom N. Shaw *

Redmond Simonsen Redmond Aksel Simonsen (June 18, 1942 – March 9, 2005) was an American graphic artist and game designer best known for his work at the board wargame company Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in the 1970s and early 1980s. Simonsen was consi ...

* Kenneth St. Andre * Michael Stackpole *

Greg Stafford Francis Gregory Stafford (February 9, 1948 – October 10, 2018), usually known as Greg Stafford, was an American game designer, publisher, and practitioner of shamanism. Stafford is most famous as the creator of the fantasy world of Gloranth ...

* Lisa Stevens * Klaus Teuber * Don Turnbull * Jonathan Tweet * Jim Ward * Margaret Weis * Jordan Weisman *

Loren Wiseman Loren Keith Wiseman (March 7, 1951 – February 14, 2017) was an American wargame and role-playing game designer, game developer and editor. Career Game Designers' Workshop After graduating from Illinois State University, Loren Wiseman co-f ...

Reinhold Wittig Reinhold Wittig (born 1937) is a prolific award-winning board game designer and geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the proce ...

* Erick Wujcik * Lou Zocchi

Games and publications

* '' Ace of Aces'' * ''

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'' * '' Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' * * '' Amber Diceless Roleplaying'' * '' Apples to Apples'' * '' Axis & Allies'' * '' Battletech Mechs & Vehicles'' * '' Berg's Review of Games'' * ''

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'' * '' Call of Cthulhu'' * '' Champions'' * '' Chivalry & Sorcery'' * '' Cosmic Encounter'' * '' The Courier'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Dungeons & Dragons'' * * ''

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Fire & Movement Magazine ''Fire & Movement: The Forum of Conflict Simulation'' was a magazine devoted to wargames, both traditional board wargames and computer wargames. It was founded by Rodger MacGowan in 1975, and began publication the following year. In February 198 ...

'' * '' GURPS'' * ''Illuminati'' play-by-mail game * ''

Mage Knight ''Mage Knight'' is a miniature wargaming, miniatures wargame using collectible figures, created by WizKids, Inc, and is the earliest example of what is now known as a collectible miniatures game (or CMG). The game was designed by founder Jordan ...

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Mage Knight Board Game ''Mage Knight Board Game'' is a cooperative board game for 1 to 4 players designed by Vlaada Chvátil and released in November 2011. It is based on the related collectable miniatures game, ''Mage Knight.'' It has been rated as one of the top si ...

'' * '' Magic: The Gathering'' * '' MechWarrior 2 & 3'' * '' Middle-Earth Play-By-Mail'' * '' Mythos'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' The Settlers of Catan'' * ''

Squad Leader ''Squad Leader'' is a tactical level board war game originally published by Avalon Hill in 1977. It was designed by John Hill and simulates on infantry combat in Europe during World War II. One of the most complex war games of its time, ''Squ ...

'' * ''

Star Fleet Battles ''Star Fleet Battles'' (SFB) is a tactical board wargame set in an offshoot of the ''Star Trek'' setting called the Star Fleet Universe. Originally created in 1979 by Stephen V. Cole, it has had four major editions. The current edition is publi ...

'' * ''

Strategy & Tactics ''Strategy & Tactics'' (''S&T'') is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue. Beginnings ''Strategy & Tactics'' was first published in January 1967 under its original edit ...

'' * ''

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'' * '' TwixT'' * '' Vampire: The Masquerade'' * ''

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'' * '' Warhammer Fantasy Battle'' * ''

Warhammer 40,000 ''Warhammer 40,000'' is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom. The first edition of the rulebook was published in September 1987, ...

'' * ''

Yahtzee Yahtzee is a dice game made by Milton Bradley (a company that has since been acquired and assimilated by Hasbro). It was first marketed under the name of Yahtzee by game entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe in 1956. The game is a development of earlier ...

'' * - '' Dungeons & Dragons'' and '' Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' were deemed different enough to be inducted on separate occasions.

References

External links

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Boardgamegeek — List of winners from 1990 to 2018
{{Origins Awards Game awards

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